Cigarette box



lama Min. 1-, 1927.

PATENT OFFICE.

UNITED STATES ennrnunn AJlAcVEY, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CIGARETTE BOX.

Application filed September 22, 1925. Serial No. 57,923.

Thisinvention relates to certain improvements in cigarette boxes and itis an object 1915 the invention to provide a device of this characteradapted to contain a package of cigarettes but wherein the use of asliding tray is omitted.

Another object of the invention is to proin the event such -packageshould be tightly wedged or stuck within the box.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improvedcigarette box whereby certain 1mportant advantages are attained and thedevice rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenientand -advanta-' geous for use. as Wlll be hereinafter more fully setforth.

The novel'features of my invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a sectional perspective view illustratinga box constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 is a :view in plan. of the blank from-which the box asillustrated in Figure 1 is produced;

Figure 3 is a view in bottom plan of the device as disclosed in Figure1;

Figure4 is a perspective sectional View illustrating a box constructedin accordance with a further embodiment of. my invention; I

Figure 5 is a view in plan of the blank from which the box asillustrated in Figure 4 is produced.

As disclosed in Figures 1, 2 and- 3 of the drawings, myimproved box isformed from a blank B scored on the lines a to provide a face wall1,-the side walls 2 and a second face wall 3, one of the side walls 2being provided with a flap. 4 adapted to bepasted. .along a freemarginal portion of the second face Wall 3 whereby the box is maintainedin desired assembly. One end of the face wall 1 is provided With anextended flap 5 to provide a bottom wall of the box, said V flap 5 beingprovided with an extension lie 6 adapted to extendwithin the assemblebox between the face wall 3 and the applied package. This end flap 5 isprovided in its central portion with an openin 7 to provide meanswhereby the package within the box may be readily forced outwardlythrough the opposite end to facilitate the extraction.

of a cigarette and particularly in the event the package is wedged orstuck within the ox. i The opposite end of the face wall 1 is providedwith a flap 8 adapted to close the adjacent end of the box, said flap 8being contifnued by an elongated flap 9 which is adapted to have itsouter or free end portion inserted between the flap 10 and a block orpack 11 ofmatches. This flap 10 is arranged at the end of the face wall3 adjacent to the end flap 5. This flap 10 is relativelyshort and isreturned to overlie the outer face of the adjacent wall 3 and maintainedin such position by a wire staple 12 or the like. Inserted between theflap 10 andthe adjacent face wall 3 is the block or pack 11 of matches,the staple 12 or the like also serving to maintain said block or pack 11in applied position.

The outer face of the flap 10 is provided witih an igniting surface 14of suitable materla In the embodiment of my'invention as illustrated inFigures 4: and 5, the blank B" is divided by the scored lines a toprovide a face wall 1', the side walls 2' and the second face wall 3. Anend of the face wall 1 is provided with the flap 5 having the opening 6'and the extended flap 7. The face wall 3 at its end adjacent to the flap5 is .provided with the flap '10 which is adapted to be returned tooverlie the outer face of the wall 3 and has secured therebet-ween amatch pack or block 11 in the same manner as hereinbefore set forth. Theopposite end of the face wall 3 is provided with a relatively long flap9f the free end portion of which being adapted to be engaged between theflap 10 and the match block or pack 11. The

From the foregoing description it is thought. to be obvious that acigarettebox constructed in accordance with my invention is particularlywell adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility withwhich it ma be assembled and operated, and it will a so be obvious thatmy invention is suslll) , ment, to one of the face walls to maintain thebox in assembly, one of said face walls being provided at one end withan extended flap to form an end closing flap, an extension flap at theouter-end of the end closin flap, said end closing flap being formed witan opening, the opposite end of said face wall being provided with anextended end closing flap, said extended flap continued'by an elongatedflap, the second face wall being rovided with a flap returned to overliet e same,

means for maintaining said flap in such position, the free end lportionof the elongated flap being insertib e between said returned flap andthey second face wall to hold the elongated flap in closed position,said re-' turned flap bein at the end of the box provided with theeosing flap having the openmg.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature' L H GERTRUDE A;MaoVEY.

